Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Homework #1

1. A blog is a frequent, chronological publication of personal thoughts and Web links.

2. Five different hosts available to users for free are:

- Live Journal.com

- Word Press.com

- Bravenet Blogs

- Viviti Blogs

- Greatest Journal.com

3. BLOGGER: Blogger is Google's free blog creating service. With blogger you can run your own host or you can run a host with a team of users. Blogger can be used to make your own podcast feeds.

TWITTER: Twitter is a text message oriented blog. "Twitter's" text a message to their profile which is posted for their subscribers to view. Twitter is free with the only costs being established by phone service providers.

FACEBOOK: Facebook is a web linked social networking system. Users establish personal profiles in which they can connect with friends and family within the Facebook network. Networks are organized based on cities, schools, employments, etc.

MYSPACE: Myspace is a social networking system similar to Facebook. Where Facebook was first established for student use only, Myspace has had an open network to any user of any age. Myspace has become known as the least secure social networks.

LINKEDIN: Linkedin is a business oriented social network system. Business make safe, secure connections with other business they trust or have worked with. Often times this network is used as a search engine for job openings.

WORDPRESS: Wordpress is a blog publishing system. Wordpress can be used with simple templates (without needing to alter HTML code) or rearranging code to create a more customized template. Wordpress allows links and taggings to articles within blog posts.

TYPEPAD: Typepad is one of the most popular paid blogging networks. The flexibility of the network allows both personal blogs and professional blogs. This blog operates on five different levels of networking status.

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